In the aforementioned article, the author would like to correct a sentence in the conclusion. On page 26, line 15:
“Given that we accept that these short lives are undistinguished, it should seem strange or repugnant that enough of them will result in a population that is so undistinguished that it is incomparable with a population consisting of many very bad lives.”
Should read:
“Given that we accept that these short lives are undistinguished, it shouldn’t seem strange or repugnant that enough of them will result in a population that is so undistinguished that it is incomparable with a population consisting of many very bad lives.”
Moreover, on page 9, line 18 , “that there it” should be “that it”. On page 17, line 16, “person living” should be “person living it”. And, on page 17, line 27, “bad level” should be “bad levels”.
The author would like to apologise for these errors.